In support of their recent release, Grass Geysers… Carbon Clouds, noise-pop rockers Enon presented the packed main room of NYC's Knitting Factory on Saturday (Nov. 17) with a smart, speedy onslaught of maddening sound. Led by John Schmersal (guitarist/vocals), the Brooklyn-bred threesome performed in front of an all-ages audience -- many of which still seemed to be in their freshman year of college judging from the numbers sucking face and taking MySpace-style self-portraits throughout the show. Luckily, this behavior was evenly balanced by excited headbobbers and moving bodies enjoying bassist/vocalist Toko Yasuda's saccharine shouts over messy guitars throughout new songs like "Mirror On You" and "Ashish" as well as a couple of favorites from the much-revered 2002 LP, High Society.

Warming the room for the evening, local indie rockers Apache Beat built up tension with a short set of psychedelia surrounded by tribal beats. Frontwoman Ilirjana Alushaj shimmied in odd contrast to the beat of a bongo as her band stood still in trance-like wonder. By the time the Aussie trio Love of Diagrams took the stage, concertgoers were gearing up to dance themselves. From the start of the male/female seesawing chorus on post-punk chant "The Pace of the Patience," a pit of pogo-ers had already formed at the front of the stage. After much swaying and pit-pouncing, all collegians were left to return to their dorms looking much satisfied, more experienced, and with digital photos to prove it. MARY-LOUISE PRICE / PHOTOS BY JACKIE ROMAN

We asked: John Schmersal, guitarist/vocalist of Enon, has been quoted as saying, "The ellipsis is the most important part of the title [of their recent release Grass Geysers...Carbon Clouds] That's where the shit goes down." What do you think Schmersal is referring to in that ellipsis?

Name: John Schmersal
Age: 35
Hometown: Dayton, OH
Occupation: Guitarist/vocalist for Enon
"Grass Geysers and Carbon Clouds are bookends. The ellipsis is the record. Kind of. Well, in essence."

Name: Bei Tan
Age: 22
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Occupation: Educator, LES Tenement Museum
"It's the part of the atmosphere where nothing is."

Name: Brian Kim
Age: 24
Hometown: Sparta, NJ
Occupation: Customer service representative
"I think it refers to culture."

Name: Ilirjana Alushaj
Age: 28
Hometown: Sydney, AUS
Occupation: Singer for Apache Beat
"All I can think of is the word 'destroy.' Grass geysers destroy carbon clouds!"

Name: Alex Wyckoff
Age: 19
Hometown: Lake Forest, IL
Occupation: Student
"Um. There's a multitude of shit happening?"

Name: Karolina Zanieslenko
Age: 25
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Occupation: Visitor center associate, LES Tenement Museum
"It's euphoria!"

Name: Lee
Age: 36
Hometown: London, UK
Occupation: No answer
"I would take it as a literal meaning: It's an ongoing gap left by something being avoided."

Name: Niki Skinner
Age: 19
Hometown: Sparta, NJ
Occupation: Photographer
"A toilet."

Enon bass player Toko Yasuda / Photo by Jackie Roman

Enon bring their 'Geysers' and 'Clouds' to the Knitting Factory / Photo by Jackie Roman

Enon frontman John Schmersal / Photo by Jackie Roman

Love of Diagrams bassist Antonia Sellbach / Photo by Jackie Roman

Openers Apache Beat / Photo by Jackie Roman